/lit/ - Literature

>>19076110.
Saivism establishes the thought that reality can only be undivided if it's understood as a creative force, manifesting itself
through the finitude and transitoriness of phenomena, which are perpetually changing according to the will and activity of the absolute.
A real monist rejects any theory that maintains that the universe would be less than real. A doctrine of two truths,
one absolute and the other relative, endangers the very foundation of monism.
The Saiva philosophy is integral; everything is given a place in the economy of the whole.

The Advaitin, who maintains that non-duality is the true nature of the absolute by rejecting duality as only relatively real, is ultimately
stuck in a dualism between the real and illusory by the foolishness of his own excessive sophistry.
Oneness is better understood as a coextensive unity of both duality and unity. They are equally expressions of the absolute

>>18858963
Bhagavad Gita, it contains all the major teachings and philosophy from the Vedas and Upanishad. Read it without commentaries first, then pick up a non-dual interpretation, a qualitative non-dual and a dual interpretation.
Then you read the major Upanishads, with commentaries from the Vedantic branch you feel at most home in.
If you want to read about the shenanigans of the god's, you read their respective Puranas. They are basically mythology with a lot of symbolism.

>>18546042
>Mahabharata
Four times the length of the bible. I wouldn't recommend anyone to read it as a start.
It's not even a necessary read in order to understand Indian thought.
>Ramayana
That's a better rec.

>>18197250
>>18197813
Here is a good PDF:
https://www.ramakantmaharaj.net/resources/Spiritual_Texts_Misc/Jnaneshvari%20English%20Translation%20by%20Pradhan%20sml.pdf